ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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GEOSCIENCE MEETING

The Geoscience Information Society held its 
first annual meeting in San Francisco on No­
vember 14-16, in conjunction with the con­
vention of the Geological Society of America. 
Members visited the Advanced Systems De­
velopment Library of International Business 
Machines at Los Gatos; the Branner geological 
library, Stanford University; and the Pacific 
Coast Center library, U. S. Geological Survey. 
A technical session was held on the use of au­
tomated systems in the storage, retrieval, and 
publication of geoscience information. James 
W. Clarke, U.S. Geological Survey, described 
Automated Data Processing of Geological Lit­
erature as developed by the Survey’s Syste­
matic Literature Research Unit. A paper on 
The Computerized System to Be Used for Pub­
lishing the “Bibliography and Index of Geology 
Exclusive of North America” was presented 
by Thomas W. Caless, American Geological 
Institute. Factors Affecting the Transfer of 
Information Cycles in the Earth Sciences was 
the title of a paper given by Louis Cima, Na­
tional Science Foundation. Copies of a paper 
by Harold Siroonian, City College of New 
York, entitled Production of the Catalogue of 
Data for World Data Center. A: International 
Upper Mantle Project were distributed. The 
society plans to publish these papers at a date 
as yet undetermined.

Mrs. Harriet W. Smith, geology librarian. 
University of Illinois, was elected president for 
1967. Other off icers are Dederick C. Ward, 
earth science librarian. University of Colorado, 
secretary (president-elect); and Mrs. Geor­
gianna D. Conant, U.S. Geological Survey, treas­
urer. Hartley K. Phinney, Jr., Princeton Univer­
sity, is to represent the society in Washington 
at the Congressional hearings on the proposed 
changes in the copyright law. Keith Young, 
University of Texas, will chairman a committee 
to develop projects for the society. Mrs. Mar­
guerite M. Hanchey, Louisiana State University, 
will be the local representative for the second 
annual meeting of the Geoscience Information 
Society which will be held in New Orleans in 
November 1967. ■

MEETINGS

Apr. 12-14; The University of Pittsburgh will 
hold its second national conference on Elec­
tronic Information Handling. The conference 
will be co-sponsored by the university, Good­
year Aerospace Corporation, Western Michigan 
University, the Office of Naval Research, and 
the Special Interest Group on Information Re­
trieval—Association for Computing Machinery. 
Further information regarding the conference 
may be obtained from Professor Allen Kent,

Director, Knowledge Availability Systems Cen­
ter, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
15213.

Apr. 13: Fifth annual Symposium for Li­
brarians, sponsored by the alumni and faculty 
of the Graduate School of Library Service, Rut­
gers University. “Planning—Process, Problems, 
Politics” will relate planning for the develop­
ment of libraries of all types to the problems of 
operating within the political and social sphere. 
For more information or reservation forms, 
write to Glenn Reed, Franklin High School, 
Francis Street, Somerset, N.J. 08873.

Apr. 28-29: A conference on The Developing 
Junior College Library will be held at DeKalb, 
Illinois, under the joint sponsorship of the Illi­
nois Library Association and Northern Illinois 
University. Sessions will be held on the general 
topics of Library Administration, Collections, 
Services, Buildings, and Curriculum for Train­
ing Library Clerks. For further program in­
formation, write to: Sherman Zelinsky, Librar­
ian, Danville Junior College, 2000 East Main 
Street, Danville, Illinois 61832. For conference 
reservations, write to: Mr. James B. Dodd, Far­
aday Library, Northern Illinois University, De­
Kalb, Illinois 60115.

May 5-6: Midwest Academic Librarians 
Conference, Chicago Circle Campus, Univer­
sity of Illinois.

May 5-6: The annual Spring meeting of the 
Tri-State (Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) 
Chapter of the Association of College and Re­
search Libraries, at Shepherd College Library, 
Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

May 21-26: Seminar in Public Library Ad­
ministration. Drexel Institute of Technology. 
Led by Edwin Castagna, Enoch Pratt free li­
brary, Baltimore.

June 12-16: Distinguished figures in librar­
ianship from three continents will speak at an 
International Conference on Education for Li­
brarianship at the University of Illinois, Urbana. 
The conference is being conducted by the 
graduate school of library science through the 
U. of I . division of university extension.

The  Use■ of Data Processing Equipment by 
Libraries and Information Centers is the report 
of a survey made by Creative Research Services 
for the Documentation Division of Special Li­
braries Association and the Library Technology 
Program of ALA, primarily for their own use 
as a first step in identifying library functions 
which are automated and places in which they 
are operational. Because copies were desired by 
others, a limited supply was printed, and copies 
are available from the Library Technology Pro­
gram offices, ALA headquarters, 50 E. Huron 
St., Chicago 60611, for so long as the supply 
lasts. Price of this working paper is $10.00 per 
copy.